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Functional Evolution of Leptin of Ochotona curzoniae in Adaptive Thermogenesis Driven by Cold Environmental Stress

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作者Yang, Jie1; Bromage, Timothy G.2; Zhao, Qian3; Xu, Bao Hong4; Gao, Wei Li4; Tian, Hui Fang4; Tang, Hui Jun1; Liu, Dian Wu1; Zhao, Xin Quan5
刊名PLOS ONE
出版日期2011-06-16
卷号6期号:6
ISSN号1932-6203
文献子类Article
英文摘要Background: Environmental stress can accelerate the directional selection and evolutionary rate of specific stress-response proteins to bring about new or altered functions, enhancing an organism's fitness to challenging environments. Plateau pika (Ochotona curzoniae), an endemic and keystone species on Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, is a high hypoxia and low temperature tolerant mammal with high resting metabolic rate and non-shivering thermogenesis to cope in this harsh plateau environment. Leptin is a key hormone related to how these animals regulate energy homeostasis. Previous molecular evolutionary analysis helped to generate the hypothesis that adaptive evolution of plateau pika leptin may be driven by cold stress. Methodology/Principal Findings: To test the hypothesis, recombinant pika leptin was first purified. The thermogenic characteristics of C57BL/6J mice injected with pika leptin under warm (23+/-1 degrees C) and cold (5+/-1 degrees C) acclimation is investigated. Expression levels of genes regulating adaptive thermogenesis in brown adipose tissue and the hypothalamus are compared between pika leptin and human leptin treatment, suggesting that pika leptin has adaptively and functionally evolved. Our results show that pika leptin regulates energy homeostasis via reduced food intake and increased energy expenditure under both warm and cold conditions. Compared with human leptin, pika leptin demonstrates a superior induced capacity for adaptive thermogenesis, which is reflected in a more enhanced beta-oxidation, mitochondrial biogenesis and heat production. Moreover, leptin treatment combined with cold stimulation has a significant synergistic effect on adaptive thermogenesis, more so than is observed with a single cold exposure or single leptin treatment. Conclusions/Significance: These findings support the hypothesis that cold stress has driven the functional evolution of plateau pika leptin as an ecological adaptation to the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau.; Background: Environmental stress can accelerate the directional selection and evolutionary rate of specific stress-response proteins to bring about new or altered functions, enhancing an organism's fitness to challenging environments. Plateau pika (Ochotona curzoniae), an endemic and keystone species on Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, is a high hypoxia and low temperature tolerant mammal with high resting metabolic rate and non-shivering thermogenesis to cope in this harsh plateau environment. Leptin is a key hormone related to how these animals regulate energy homeostasis. Previous molecular evolutionary analysis helped to generate the hypothesis that adaptive evolution of plateau pika leptin may be driven by cold stress.
WOS关键词BROWN ADIPOSE-TISSUE ; MESSENGER-RNA EXPRESSION ; PPAR-GAMMA ; ADIPOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION ; ENERGY-METABOLISM ; RECEPTOR-ALPHA ; RECRUITMENT ; PGC-1-ALPHA ; SYSTEM ; UCP1
WOS研究方向Science & Technology - Other Topics
语种英语
WOS记录号WOS:000291734100001
公开日期2011-12-13
源URL[http://ir.nwipb.ac.cn//handle/363003/1536]  
专题西北高原生物研究所_中国科学院西北高原生物研究所
作者单位1.Hebei Med Univ, Sch Publ Hlth, Dept Epidemiol & Stat, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, Peoples R China
2.NYU, Coll Dent, Dept Basic Sci & Craniofacial Biol, Dept Biomat & Biomimet, New York, NY USA
3.Chinese Acad Sci, Grad Sch, Beijing, Peoples R China
4.Shijiazhuang Ctr Dis Control & Prevent, Dept Microbiol, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, Peoples R China
5.Chinese Acad Sci, NW Plateau Inst Biol, Key Lab Qinghai Tibetan Plateau Biol Evolut & Ada, Xining, Qinghai, Peoples R China
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Yang, Jie,Bromage, Timothy G.,Zhao, Qian,et al. Functional Evolution of Leptin of Ochotona curzoniae in Adaptive Thermogenesis Driven by Cold Environmental Stress[J]. PLOS ONE,2011,6(6).
APA Yang, Jie.,Bromage, Timothy G..,Zhao, Qian.,Xu, Bao Hong.,Gao, Wei Li.,...&Zhao, Xin Quan.(2011).Functional Evolution of Leptin of Ochotona curzoniae in Adaptive Thermogenesis Driven by Cold Environmental Stress.PLOS ONE,6(6).
MLA Yang, Jie,et al."Functional Evolution of Leptin of Ochotona curzoniae in Adaptive Thermogenesis Driven by Cold Environmental Stress".PLOS ONE 6.6(2011).

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